We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It worked flawlessly."
"At this point, I don't know anything that they could provide in a better way."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"The stability is very good. I've done destructive testing on it and never had any type of storage outages from it."
"It has good stability for our company."
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"Processes that used to take 40 minutes to two hours can be completed in five minutes."
"The initial setup was very straightforward and very quick. It was up and running in our data center within 24 hours of receiving it."
"The solution has improved our throughput by helping us keep up with the demand and acquisitions that we have been going through."
"We're able to move things around with more agility. I can take it off one server and slap it on another in a couple of minutes... And the speed is outstanding."
"Its snapshot capability is the most valuable feature, because replicate our databases from production to nonproduction for development. This allows us to do it very quickly."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is easy to use, fully featured and has a great graphical user interface."
"We're hosting virtual infrastructure on the 3PAR storage and it's been very good for that."
"It has improved the ability of the executives to get proper insights."
"The product has definitely improved throughput. We are able to more efficiently see patients because all of our medical records and practice management software seems to run faster. Uploading images and charts is a lot faster. Recalling information in the exam rooms is faster. The overall throughput of data, going back and forth, is so we can more efficiently see patients, and it also helps increase our patient flow. We can see patients a lot faster, getting them in and out a lot more quickly."
"The scalability is good because it is easy to add in new disks. We just add them on the fly, and they are available for use."
"Fast Snapshots"
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror."
"The solution is stable."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It is very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"The file functionality could be better."
"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."
"From a scalability perspective, it is a very small storage solution, so it's not very expandable."
"It was not proactive communication."
"We understand that they're thinking about it, but one of the things that would be nice is if they added some basic file-level capabilities to the platform. The idea is that they would run a basic NFS or CIF share from the controllers. FlashBlade is the powerhouse for File and Object storage, but if you don't need all that power, a lightweight file function would make FlashArrays more versatile."
"The internal garbage collection process has been fixed recently in some OS updates so it is more efficient but that could be just a little better."
"Its price could be cheaper. It is not the cheapest one out there, but I'm not directly involved in the figures and negotiations."
"It's not so scalable. It's got moderate scaling capabilities right now. The clustering technology needs a bit of work, they need to improve that."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"I would like to have single click upgrades because the process is cumbersome right now."
"HPE has a product that I am very interested in, but it lacks of integration with 3PAR - HPE SimpliVity."
"Our support in the US has been phenomenal, no issues at all. But the European support was poor initially."
"This solution is now at end-of-life."
"The GUI was a little hard to figure out how to use."
"During the initial setup, it was a bit complex in the wiring of the cages."
"It is suitable for medium-sized businesses and data centers with less number of users and less important data. It is not really an enterprise-level solution. It needs more capacity. It is also not really stable. It should be more stable. It should also support any server model. It is really weak in this area."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"Interfacing with the cloud environment could be better. I want to be able to move some cloud volume and integrate it seamlessly with my home on-premise storage. Sometimes I have issues with port permissions. NetApp probably needs to improve more on the integration side from on-premise to the cloud."
"There is no NetApp infrastructure set up here in Greece."
"It lacks automatic tiering, When you use data, some of it goes cold. It is not hot data, so the system should automatically move that data to the SATA, while the hot data is kept on tier-one, the SaaS or SSD drives."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 97 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage and NetApp AFF, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and VAST Data. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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